Written questions by Morris.

How many newly qualified nurses were employed in the NHS as a band 5 nurse after six months of being a qualified in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022 .

The Department does not hold the information requested.

How many newly qualified nurses were employed in the NHS as a band 5 nurse after three months of being a qualified in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.

The Department does not hold the information requested.

How many nurses qualified to work in the NHS (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.

The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) publishes information on the number of nurses joining their register for the first time, who are resident in England. It is important to note that newly registered nurses may choose to work in a range of settings, including National Health Service trusts, private or third sector bodies, who may undertake NHS work, or social care settings. The following table shows the number of nurses joining the NMC register in England for the first time by financial year: Financial yearNumber of registered nurses joining the NMC register for the first time in England2022/2324,1082023/2428,0492024/2529,210Source: Nursing and Midwifery Council, March 2025 Annual Data Report, available at the following link:https://www.nmc.org.uk/about-us/reports-and-accounts/registration-statistics/The information may slightly undercount first time register joiners in England as it is based on the address registered with the NMC.

If he will make it his policy for newly qualified nurses to be guaranteed a job in the NHS.

Decisions on the employment of newly qualified nurses are a matter for individual National Health service trusts, which manage their recruitment at a local level, ensuring they have the right number of staff in place, with the right skill mix, to deliver safe and effective care.We are working closely with NHS England, employers, and educators to ensure support is in place to help graduating nurses transition into the workforce.

How many band 5 nurse roles were advertised for external applicants in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.

The Department does not hold the information requested.

How many band 5 nurse role were advertised for internal applicants in (a) 2024, (b) 2023 and (c) 2022.

The Department does not hold the information requested.

What the (a) staff headcount, (b) full-time equivalent number of staff and (c) departmental budget required to administer the Frontier Worker Visa scheme was in each year between 2021-22 and 2024-25.

The department operates a flexible staffing model to ensure that available resources are deployed effectively according to demand. As such, staff engaged on the Frontier Worker Visa scheme are also engaged in the administration of other high-volume routes.

Which UK Visas and Immigration international (a) application points and (b) decision-making centres processed applications to work in (i) construction, (ii) maintenance and (iii) seafaring roles in the offshore wind industry under the Offshore Wind Workers Concession scheme between 2017 and 2023.

Visa applications for the Offshore Wind Workers Concession Scheme were processed by the following Decision Making Centres (DMCs): Riyadh, Beijing, Manila, Bogota, Istanbul, Pretoria, Chennai, Warsaw, Abu Dhabi, Amman, New Delhi, Croydon, Liverpool and Sheffield.A number of construction, maintenance and seafaring roles were also processed by the above DMCs.

How many Frontier Worker Permits were (a) issued and (b) valid in 2024-25.

The Home Office publishes data on entry clearance visas by visa type, including Frontier Worker Permits, in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of visa applications are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the ‘detailed entry clearance dataset’.Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. Data is from January 2005 up to the end of March 2025.Information on how many visas were valid in a given period is not currently available from published statistics.

What steps she is taking to ensure that people with a Frontier Worker Permit are (a) on UK employment contracts and (b) paid above the National Minimum Wage.

The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitment under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.The Agreements provide that frontier workers must not be discriminated against on grounds of nationality as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment. Free and confidential advice on the National Minimum Wage is available by contacting Acas on 0300 123 1100. Any worker who believes they are not receiving what they are entitled to can also complain directly to His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs via their online complaints form on GOV.UK, which can be found by searching “complain about pay and work rights”.

How many people holding a Frontier Worker Permit have retained worker status.

The information requested is not currently available from published statistics, and the relevant data could only be collated and verified for the purpose of answering this question at disproportionate cost.

If she will monitor the number of Frontier Worker Permits held by non-resident workers in the offshore renewable energy sector; and what discussions officials in her Department have had with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on Frontier Worker Permits held by those workers.

The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitments under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.It is not possible to extract data from Home Office systems on Frontier Worker permits by occupation. Accordingly, there have been no discussions with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero about Frontier Worker permit holders employed in the offshore renewable energy sector.

Whether her Department monitors the number of (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA resident workers qualified in (i) construction, (ii) maintenance and (iii) seafaring roles who transit through the UK to work on offshore renewable energy projects licenced by the UK Government in waters over 12 nautical miles from the coastline.

The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitments under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.It is not possible to extract data from Home Office systems on Frontier Worker permits by occupation. Accordingly, there have been no discussions with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero about Frontier Worker permit holders employed in the offshore renewable energy sector.

If she will take steps to monitor the number of Frontier Worker Permits held by non-resident workers in the offshore renewable energy sector; and what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero on this issue.

The Frontier Worker Permit scheme implements our commitments under the Citizens’ Rights Agreements to protect the rights of EU, other EEA and Swiss citizens who were frontier working in the UK before the end of the transition period on 31 December 2020 for as long as they continue to be frontier workers.It is not possible to extract data from Home Office systems on Frontier Worker permits by occupation. Accordingly, there have been no discussions with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero about Frontier Worker permit holders employed in the offshore renewable energy sector.

What recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of how (a) complaints and (b) errors are (i) identified and (ii) dealt with by MyCSP.

There is a robust governance procedure that monitors and reports on all aspects of performance against service levels and performance metrics. This includes regular meetings with MyCSP to review trends and analyse opportunities for improvement and corrective action. The Cabinet Office is continuing to stress to MyCSP the importance of meeting contractual performance levels and improving member experience. The new contract for the Civil Service Pension Scheme goes live on the 1st December 2025. The Cabinet Office has reviewed the current performance indicators and has adapted and enhanced these within the new contract which will give the Cabinet Office greater flexibility in managing the administrator of the Civil Service Pension schemes more effectively and encourage innovation across the lifetime of the contract. The National Audit Office (NAO) published a report on the 16th June 2025 into the administration of the Civil Service Pension Scheme, which is available here:https://www.nao.org.uk/press-releases/cabinet-office-must-improve-customer-experience-in-civil-service-pension-scheme/#reportWe are committed to ensuring that any recommendations from the NAO will be acted upon to enhance service delivery and member satisfaction.

How many and what proportion of calls to MyCSP went unanswered in each of the last six months.

The scheme administrator, MyCSP, received on average 30,090 calls into their enquiry centre between December 2024 - May 2025 as shown in the table below. 24% of all calls received were unanswered by MyCSP. CallsDec-24Jan-25Feb-25Mar-25Apr-25May-25AverageCalls received26,03441,87739,68824,53125,55722,85030,090Answered20,89229,32730,47218,85018,79517,73122,678Abandoned5,14212,6409,2155,6816,7825,5197,497Abandoned%19.75%30.18%23.22%23.16%26.54%24.10%24% The Cabinet Office has worked with MyCSP to implement recovery plans aimed at enhancing performance within their Enquiry Centre. In response to increased demands, MyCSP has recruited additional staff, and the Cabinet Office is funding 12 full-time equivalents (FTEs) in the Enquiry Centre specifically to address volumes associated with the 2015 Remedy (McCloud judgement) queries. The Cabinet Office is continuing to stress to MyCSP the importance of meeting contractual performance levels and improving member experience.

What his planned timetable is for completing the remediation of Civil Service Pension Scheme cases arising from the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022.

The Court of Appeal ruled that the pension reforms and transitional protection arrangements introduced in 2015 following the enactment of the Public Service Pensions Scheme 2013, were directly discriminatory on the basis of age. The 2015 Remedy (McCloud) Programme will end and rectify discrimination within the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) that arose when reformed public service pension schemes were introduced in 2015. CSPS has 1.7 million members, of which 420,000 are in scope for the Remedy. This spans current civil servants who are accruing benefits, deferred members who have left service and/or the Scheme and pensioners (including partial and full retirees and those who retired on grounds of ill health or death in service). The regulatory timeline for delivery of all Immediate Choice Remediable Service Statements (IC RSS) was by 31 March 2025 and 44% of statements were issued by that date, but in complex cases affecting 56% of the Immediate Choice population, the Cabinet Office has exercised its discretion to extend beyond this delivery date by 2 years. As this work progresses, more detail will become available about delivery dates within the next 2 years. The Cabinet Office is continuing to stress to MyCSP the importance of meeting contractual performance levels and improving member experience.

What the casework backlog is in MyCSP.

Currently, the scheme administrator, MyCSP, has 52,748 ongoing work items awaiting processing or further information. The Cabinet Office is continuing to stress to MyCSP the importance of meeting contractual performance levels and improving member experience.

How many emails to MyCSP were (a) received and (b) responded to in each of the last six months.

The scheme administrator, MyCSP, received on average approximately 68,570 emails per month in the last six months. The table below shows the number of emails received in each of the last 6 months to May 2025.EmailsDec-24Jan-25Feb-25Mar-25Apr-25May-25AverageTotal Rec.60,88977,75170,09569,14563,25070,28968,570In line with MyCSP performance indicators, there are different targets for responses to enquiries, depending on the nature of those enquiries. Some enquiries - such as an update to a member's address - do not require a formal response. For those that did require a response, over these six months 99% received a response within the relevant timeframe. The Cabinet Office is continuing to stress to MyCSP the importance of meeting contractual performance levels and improving member experience.

Pursuant to the Answer of 9 June 2025 to Question 57224 on Police: Pensions, if she will make an estimate of the number of surviving partners currently in receipt of a survivor’s pension under the 1987 Police Pension Scheme who would lose their entitlement upon remarriage or cohabitation.

The Home Office does not hold data on the number of surviving partners currently receiving a survivor’s pension under the 1987 police pension scheme who might be affected by remarriage or cohabitation.The 1987 police pension scheme is a closed scheme and there are no plans at this time to make any further improvements to benefits accrued in it.